097 – How Apollo Explored the Moon

This is the long-awaited follow-up to the first Apollo episode, once again with W. David Woods, author of How Apollo Flew to the Moon. In this episode we cover that part that we omitted in the first episode: the time on the moon. We talk about life support, the various scientific instruments and experiments as well as the technology and use of the lunar rover (about which David is actually writing another book).

Dear David and Markus, like the prequel this was an excellent episode, certainly one of my favorites. Thank you very much. @David: Part 1 already persuaded me to get a copy of “How Apollo Flew to the Moon”: it’s absolutely fascinating. I was wondering if there were any plans for a second book along the lines of “How the Space Shuttle Flew to the ISS”?

David and Markus ,excellent show!! This along with the First show with David is among the very best of Omega Tau. Very geeky just like I like it. David your Scottish accent is kick ass. Markus you too. Please keep the technical stuff coming. And please consider a 3rd Apollo episode with David. Alot was covered but I am sure there is way more details and anecdotes that can be covered..Thank you both!

Thanks for your kind words, folks. @p, apart from the Rover book I’m working on at the moment, I plan to devote more time to the Apollo Flight Journal, though one never knows what the future will bring. However, I know of a gentleman who is writing a book on the Space Shuttle that was directly inspired by ‘How Apollo Flew to the Moon’. http://www.amazon.com/To-Orbit-Back-Again-Exploration/dp/1461409829

Have you considered interviewing Leif Svalgaard of Stanford? Something very interesting is happening on the sun, called the Livingston and Penn effect and it might be a great podcast as this is possibly huge, but largely unknown: http://www.leif.org/research/Livingston%20and%20Penn.png